California Beaches: Orange County officials criticize Governor Gavin Newsom’s order closing beaches amid coronavirus emergency – ABC7 Los Angeles

“Governor Newsom’s mandate to close all beaches in Orange County today was a jarring decision that significantly impacts us here in Huntington Beach,” said Huntington Beach Mayor Lyn Semeta. “Given that Orange County has among the lowest per-capita COVID-19 death rates in California, the action by the State prioritizes politics over data, in direct contradiction of the Governor’s stated goal to allow science and facts to guide our response to this horrible global pandemic.”

The city council of Dana Point also voted, 4-1, to pursue a temporary restraining order against the governor and the state.

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I’m not really a waterman, but if I lived anywhere near the beach, I would be mightily pissed off by these mostly ridiculous beach closures. State officials ought to just issue a general order mandating social distancing on the beaches and in the water and set the lifeguards loose to tell people to keep apart.